Again, some lawmakers in the National Assembly have set up a bribery scheme targeting federal universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. Lawmakers are using intimidation and threats to force the heads of universities to pay N8 million each to approve their allocations in the 2025 budgets, reports PREMIUM TIMES. This newspaper...
•Speaker Mojisola Meranda The Lagos State House of Assembly has reacted to the statement made by the former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, who is insisting that he remains the speaker. According to a statement signed by Ogundipe Olukayode on behalf of the Assembly, it is imperative to clarify that over two-third of the […]
•Finance minister, Wale Edun Senators today continued to raise concerns about the performance of the 2024 Budget. At a session with Wale Edun and Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, Minister of Finance and Budget Planning, respectively, lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Appropriations demanded explanations on proceeds from the removal of the fuel subsid...
•Tinubu presenting 2024 Appreciation bill to the National Assembly The National Assembly has raised concerns over the significant imbalance between recurrent and capital expenditure in the 2024 budget, highlighting the insufficient release of funds for capital projects in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This was made known durin...
•Fubara A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that the Governor of Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara, has the legal standing to transact businesses with the lawmakers that did not vacate their seat in the State House of Assembly This was as the court on December 20 dismissed the suit seeking to […]
•Governor Fubara on the floor of the House The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation bill to three members of the State House of Assembly by Governor Siminalayi Fubara is illegal, unthinkable and a violation of the law. The main opposition party in the state […]
•Finance minister, Wale Edun The federal government has given insight into why it was exceeding revenue targets and still borrowing, telling the National Assembly that it did that based on the approvals of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. This was disclosed during an interactive session of federal government’s revenue generati...
•Ekiti State House of Assembly The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has criticised a planned trip by members of the State House of Assembly to Canada, labelling it as “insensitive to the plight of the common man.” The spokesperson for the PDP caretaker committee in the state, Jackson Adebayo, condemned the proposed retreat [&helli...
•Alex Ikwechegh The House of Representatives has condemned the assault on a ride-hailing driver by a member of the lower lawmaking House. A video of Alex Ikwechegh assaulting Stephen Abuwatseya and threatening him had gone viral, prompting condemnations from Nigerians, reports Channels TV. Hours after the video emerged, the House of Representa...
•Wike and Fubara The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly and the faction loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have initiated a fresh round of crisis in the state. Yesterday, the Amaewhule faction declared the seats of four of their colleagues loyal to Fubara vacant, reports The PUNCH. The Appeal Court in Abuja recently granted [...
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